Power Strike Begins

Dark days are ahead, literally, with employees of the power utilities, APGenco, APTransco and the four distribution companies going on a three-day (72-hour) strike from September 11 midnight over the bifurcation issue.

Of the 56,000 employees (including contract workers), at least two-thirds are expected to join the strike, badly affecting the power generation and supply chain in AP. While chairman and MD of APTransco Suresh Chanda appealed to the unions to reconsider their strike.

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